Karao - kawa

Middle; halfway point.

Nem naiyan-eka-ekad cha chiyay ingkathod Bagiw et mejo-kow ired kawa na chalan.

But they used to walk from here to Baguio, and they would sleep on the trail at the halfway point.

kawa na sentence

middle of the sentence

iyan--an iyankaw-an or iyankawaan

Middle; between point.

Say season a iyankaw-an na summer tan winter, si-kathoy fall or autumn.

The season that is between summer and winter, it is fall or autumn.

Engamag si Pedro na baliy cha iyankaw-an na payow.

Pedro made a house in the middle of the rice field.

Owak i iyankawaan na kalsaren onkwan cha Bokot.

Owak is halfway on the road going to Bokod.

man- mankawa/ mankakawa/ iyankawa

To position oneself in the middle or between two objects.

Iyankawa ak cha jo-gwekan nonta integ-in to.

I stayed in the middle of the bed when it was cold.

Mankawaak nem onteg-in.

I will stay in the middle when it gets cold.

i- ikawa/ inkawa,

mengi- mengikawa or mengikegwa/ mankakawa/ engikawa,

may- maykawa or maykegwa/ emangkaikawa/ iyaykawa

To position in the middle or at the halfway point.

Iyaykawiy nga-nged kad-an na chegwen posti.

The child was standing in the middle between the two posts.

Inkawa raak cha tokkongan.

They placed me in the middle of the bench.

Ikawam cha bajoan say nat onkawas itha bayo.

You do it in the middle of the mortar so that that rice [lit. thing pounded] will not be wasted.